Milwaukee's south suburbs went Republican

Most of Milwaukee's south suburbs ran against the grain of Wisconsin and the United States' election results by voting Republican on all tickets.

Franklin

With a total voter turnout of 90.4 percent, Franklin backed Republican Presidential challenger Mitt Romney over President Barack Obama 58.8 percent to 40.5 percent. In the race for U.S. Senate, Tommy Thompson received 58. 3 percent of the vote to Tammy Baldwin's 39.9 percent. For Congressional District 1, Paul Ryan received 62.2 percent of the vote, and Rob Zerban, 36.1 percent.

Hales Corners

In Hales Corners, 60 percent of voters favored Romney. Residents also leaned toward Thompson over Baldwin in the Senate race, with 60 percent voting for Thompson. Ryan won 64 percent of the vote to beat Zerban in the village. Voter turnout was 83 percent.

Oak Creek

Oak Creek, with a turnout of 88.6 percent, favored Romney with 54.3 percent of its vote. Thompson beat Baldwin, winning 54.5 percent of the ballots cast. Ryan won 59 percent of the local vote for Senate.

Franklin

Greendale

Hales Corners

Oak Creek

Mitt Romney

11,832

4,854

2,797

10,024

Barack Obama

8,148

3,972

1,861

8,427

Tommy Thompson

11,509

4,777

2,734

9,778

Tammy Baldwin

7,869

3,804

1,821

8,132

Paul Ryan

11,906

4,962

2,820

10,270

Rob Zerban

6,860

3,341

1,585

7,080

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